Picture-holder



(Nd Model.)

M. WIRTHS.

PICTURE HOLDER.

No. 464,053. Patented Dec. 1, 1891.

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MAURICE \VIRTHS, OF JERSEY CITY, NEYV JERSEY.

PICTURE- HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming' part of Letters Patent No. 464,053, datedDecember 1, 1891.

Application filed June 22, 1891.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, MAURICE WIRTHS, a citizen of the United States, andaresident of Jersey City Heights, in the county of Hud-- son and Stateof New Jersey, have invented ture-Holders, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention has reference to an improved picture-holder, whereby thepicture tion behind aprotecting plate or mat, through which light maypass without requiring a special frame extending around the edges of theplate or mat; and the invention consists in a combined protector plateand frame for a photograph-card or other picture, the said protectorplate and frame presenting a transparent border around the picture, anda fastening device for holding the picture to the protector, saidfastening device being located within the limits of the transparentborder, leaving the border substantially open to the passage of lightthroughout its extent.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 represents aperspective view ofmy improved picture-supporter, showing a rear view of the same with apicture in place. Fig. 2is aside elevation of the same. Fig. 3 is adetailvertical transverse section of one form of fastening device bywhich the picture is held in position on the protecting plate or mat,and Figs. 4 and 5 are modified forms of different fastening devices forholding the picture in position on the back of the plate.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

Referring to the drawings, A represents a transparent plate or mat, inthe present instance a glass plate, which is beveled at its edges andornamented -on its face in any suitable manner in oil colors, byetching, or otherwise. The plate A is here shown provided with two holesa, drilled through the plate, and through the holes a fastening devicesI) are passed. The fastenings b may be in the nature of a headedscrew-bolt and nut, as shown in Fig. 3, or in the nature of thewellknown paper-fasteners, having props capable of being bent over afterhaving been passed through the holes a, or in the nature of a bentSerial No. 397,126. (No model.)

piece of metal, as shown in Fig. 4; or any other form of fastening maybe used by which the picture can be suitably supported at the back ofthe plateA without materially interfering with the passage of lightthrough the margin of the plate or mat which surrounds the picture.

The fasteners I) serve to retain a strap 0 at the back of the plate,which serves as an additional support for the picture, and which isplaced between it and the back of the plate, as shown in Fig. 1. I haveshown the strap 0 as crimped in one or more places, as shown at c.

To the strap 0 is applied, by means of a suitable pivot d, a stay D,which may be used either as a stay for supporting the picturesupporterin an inclined position or, by swinging it around, as a hanger forsuspending the same from a suitable point on the wall.

I am aware of British Patent N 0. 5,812 of 1887, wherein a picture isheld behind a glass plate by a back board attached to the glass by afastening device and forming an opaque background to the margin; butsuch I do not claim as of my invention.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent- 1. As an article of manufacture, acombined protectorplate and frame for a photographcard or other picture, the saidprotector plate and frame presenting a transparent border around thepicture, and a fastening device for holding the picture to theprotector, said fastening device being located within the limits of thetransparent border, so as to leave the border substantially open to thepassage of light throughout its extent, substantially as set forth.

2. The combination, with a combined protector plate and frame for aphotograph-card or other picture, which plate has a transparent borderaround the picture, of a fasteningstrap for holding the picture to theprotectorplate, and devices for attaching the ends of said strap toholes of the protector-plate, said fastening devices being locatedwithin the limits of the transparent border, substantially as set forth.

3. The combination, with a combined pro tector plate and frame for aphotograph-card or other picture, which plate has a transparent borderaround the picture, of a fastening strap for holding the picture to theprotector- In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention Ihave signed my name 111 pres- 1o ence of tw'o subscribing wltnesses.

MAURICE \VIRTHS. \Vitnesses:

PAUL GOEPEL, A. M. BAKER.

